General Electric Co. v. Industrial Commission

Petitioner, Marjorie Dixon, filed an application for adjustment of her claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for injuries suffered while she was employed by respondent, General Electric Company (General Electric). An arbitrator awarded benefits for temporary total disability, finding that Dixon’s condition had not yet reached permanency. The Industrial Commission set aside the arbitrator’s award and substituted in its stead, inter alia, an award for a more lengthy period of temporary total disability and an award for the permanent and…